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. 1991;3(3):199–203. doi: 10.1155/1991/85468

Rectal Bleeding Associated With Chronic Pancreatitis

Ch Seiler 1, G Fielding 1, L H Blumgart 1, J Triller 2, H R Schultheiss 3
PMCID: PMC2442988  PMID: 2043517

Abstract

Pseudocyst formation, with its attendant complications of compression, rupture, bleeding and fistula formation, is a well known complication of chronic pancreatitis. In 1966 Berne and Edmondson drew attention to the often fatal outcome of pancreatico-colonic fistula complicated by hemorrhage. We present two cases of this rare complication of chronic pancreatitis as defined by the Marseille classification.

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